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| February 16, 2016 |
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| ASOR Strategic Planning, 2016-2020 |
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For the past five years (2011-2015), ASOR has been well guided by the Strategic Plan adopted by its Board of Trustees in April 2010. But ASOR is a constant work in progress, so there is always more to be done. A Strategic Planning Task Force, chaired by ASOR President Susan Ackerman and comprised of another ten dedicated ASOR members, has been hard at work developing an ASOR Strategic Plan for 2016-2020. We are pleased to share our penultimate draft of this plan, and we invite all of our members to read it and to provide us with your feedback. Read more... |
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| World Heritage Day Event - April 18, 2016 |
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ASOR and AIA will commemorate International Day for Monuments and Sites (also called World Heritage Day) with programming on the campus of The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., on April 18, 2016. The event is tentatively scheduled from 9:00AM to 1:00PM, and the exact location on the campus of GWU will be named at a later date. Read more... |
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| First Batch of BASOR 375 Articles Available Online! |
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The first batch of articles from BASOR 375 are available online to view ahead of the print publication. If you have online access to our journals through your membership, click here to view the latest works by Bezalel Porten, Sarah Parcak, Guillaume Charloux, and more. If you would like to upgrade your membership to receive online access (for an additional $40) email asormemb@bu.edu. |
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| ASOR Members Can Receive $60 Off the AIAR Pottery Volume |
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ASOR is pleased to offer Seymour Gitin's most recent volume The Ancient Pottery of Israel and Its Neighbors from the Iron Age through the Hellenistic Period will be available at a discounted rate for ASOR members. Because ASOR is a sponsor of these volumes, they are available to ASOR members at a discounted rate of $180, which is $60 off the regular price. In addition to the discount, all sales of Volumes I and II will directly support the production and printing costs of Volumes III and IV. Your purchase (though not tax-deductible) will directly contribute to the publication of the culminating volumes for this essential resource for the field. Read more... |
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| The Philology Institute - ASOR Member Special |
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The Philology Institute in Wilmore, KY will offer intensive, six-week summer courses in Latin, ancient Greek, and biblical Hebrew from July 5 to August 12, 2016. The cost is only $2500 for the equivalent of two semesters of university-level language instruction, and ASOR members who are accepted will automatically receive a $500 scholarship. Application forms and instructions are on their website. When ASOR members apply, they should note their membership and include their member number. Your member number is None. |
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| Breaking Iconoclasm: Destroying and Rebuilding Past and Present Heritage (videos) |
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The Harvard University Standing Committee on Archaeology (SCA) is a multidisciplinary group of scholars appointed to promote the teaching of archaeology at Harvard and advance knowledge of archaeological activity, research, fieldwork, and techniques in the many and varied fields where archaeology is employed as an approach to past cultures and histories around the world. On December 2, 2015, the SCA organized a roundtable discussion exploring interdisciplinary approaches to iconoclasm. Taking the recent events in Syria and Iraq as a starting point, a roundtable of specialists from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds (including archaeology, museum studies, digital humanities, history, and journalism) will discuss the various origins and expressions of iconoclasm from multiple perspectives and within varying historical contexts. Read more... |
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| 2015 ASOR Annual Meeting Presentations (videos) |
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At the 2015 ASOR Annual Meeting, several of our members graciously volunteered to have their presentations recorded for ASORtv. Some presenters met with our Digital Media Specialist to read their papers, and some volunteers were recorded in session by our Junior Scholar volunteer videographers, Jayd Lewis and Justin Singleton. As the videos are ready, we will continue to update the page. Be sure to check back every week for a new video from the meeting! View videos now... |
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| March 1 Deadline to Submit Abstracts for 2016 ASOR Annual Meeting |
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Did you miss the February 15 deadline to submit your abstract for the 2016 ASOR Annual Meeting? Good news, you still have time! The Call for Papers will remain open until March 1, 2016. A $25 fee applies to abstracts submitted after February 15. The program guidelines and a list of 2016 Sessions and Workshops can be found on the Annual Meeting website, as well as instructions for submitting your abstract. If you have any questions, please email asormtgs@bu.edu. |
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| Eulogy for Trude Dothan from the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research |
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The following is from a eulogy written by Sy Gitin for Trude Dothan: "I suppose when most of us think of Trude Dothan, we remember her many contributions to the field of Israeli archaeology, especially her excavations at Athienou, Deir el-Balaḥ, and Tel Miqne-Ekron, and her ground-breaking publications on the Philistines. As for me, it’s Trude’s more personal nature that I recall, her friendship, her ability to relate to people, and her sense of humor." Read more... |
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